subcutaneous

Question 1

sporotrichosis

Answer 1

garderner’s disease
in conjunction with plants
nodules rupture and form chains of draining ulcers
sporothrix schenkii

Question 2

sporothrix diagnosis

Answer 2

conversion of mold to yeast- various shapes, cigar bodies, small, oval, single or mutiple
mold- two types of conidio
clusted at apices, on short dentricles (sleeve form)

Question 3

Chromoblastomycosis

Answer 3

chronic localezied infection of skin and subcutaneous tissue “cauliflower like”

Question 4

chromobloastomycosis diagnosis

Answer 4

sclerotic bodies “copper pennies” DIAGNOSTIC

Question 5

Chromoblastomycosis agents

Answer 5

dematiaceous fungi
black w/ a black reverse
phialophora verrucosa
cladophialophora carrionii
fonsecaea pedrosoi
fonsecaea compacta
rhinocladiella aquaspersa

Question 6

types of conidiation in chromobloastomycosis

Answer 6

fonsecaea type- symopial arrangement
caldosporium- long chain of elliptical condia
rhinocladiella- single cell all sides
philophora- produce endogenous, occurs in clusters

Question 7

phaeohyphomycosis

Answer 7

mycotic infection in lower animals and humans
caused by 40 dematiacious fungi
development of dematiaceous septate hyphae in tissue
organisms are ubiquitous in nature

Question 8

phaeohyphomycosis

Answer 8

exophiala jeanselmei
phaeoannelomyces werneckii
wangiella dermatitidis
alternaria
aureobasidium
cladophialophora batiana
curvaliaria
dreschlera
scedosporium

Question 9

eumycotic mycetoma

Answer 9

eumycotic- true fungus
mycetoma- granulomatous infection of cutaneous tissue acquired by traumatic inoculation
mainly on hands and feet
VERY RARE

Question 10

eumycotic mycetoma etiologic agents

Answer 10

saprophytes in soil and vegetative matter
five species
pseudallescheria boydii
acremonium
madurella
exophiala jeanselmei
curvalaria

Question 11

aspergillosis categories of disease

Answer 11

allergic, colonizing, systemic

Question 12

aspergillosis general descrption

Answer 12

rapid grower, surface white– green, yellow, orange, brown ,black
set up slide culture on czapek

Question 13

aspergillosis id

Answer 13

color, shape of conidial head

Question 14

philads in aspergillus

Answer 14

sterigmata
serration- seris of cell layers
uniseriate or biserate

Question 15

aspergillus specialized structures

Answer 15

cleistothecium, hulle cells, sclerotia

Question 16

aspergillus serology

Answer 16

immunodiffusion

Question 17

zygomycosis

Answer 17

broad hyphae with nonparallel walls
almost nonseptate hyphae
asexual reproduction in sac-like structure
ONLY IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED

Question 18

zygomycosis forms

Answer 18

rhinocerebral, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, cutaneous, systemic

Question 19

hyalohyphomycosis

Answer 19

caused by fungi that produce hyaline, septate hyphae in tissue

Question 20

penicillium

Answer 20

considered a contaminant
keratitis, external ear, respiratory, and uti
metulae bear philaids

Question 21

only pathogen in penicillium

Answer 21

penicillium marneffei

red diffusible pigment

Question 22

fusarium

Answer 22

considered a contaminant

mycotic eyes infections and colonizing burn wounds

Question 23

paecilomyces

Answer 23

rarely documented pathogen

keratitis

Question 24

scopulariopsis

Answer 24

rare pathogen, nail infections

Question 25

actinomyces

Answer 25

strictly aerobic
prokaryotic
have mycolic acids

Question 26

actinomyces macro

Answer 26

butryous to waxy

Question 27

actinomyces disase

Answer 27

nocardia asteroids
nocardiasis- pulmonary and disseminated infection caused by aerobic actinomycete
chronic allergic respiratory syndrome
actinomycotic mycetoma

Question 28

biochemical for id of actinomyces

Answer 28

lysozyme resitance, urea
amino acid hydrolysis
ethylene glycol
Gordon’s sugars